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B. F. 000KB. LIGHTING IMPLEMENT;

No. 557,555. v Pat'entedAprJ, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT F. COOKE, OF NElV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO EMMA M. COOKE ANDEDXVARD SANDFORD, OF SAME PLACE.

LIGHTING IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 557,555, dated April 7,1896. Application filed August 31,1895- $eria1No. 561,076. (No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT F. OOOKE, of New York city, New York, haveinvented an Improved Lighting Implement, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a lighting implement adapted to ignite a fuseor taper by means of a tape carrying a series of percussion-caps.

The implement is so constructed that though a joint feed can be impartedto tape and fuse a separate feed can also be imparted to the latter, sothat when the fuse once burns it can be kept burning for any length oftime without igniting further caps.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved lighting implement with the case in section; Fig. 2, a sideview, partly in section, thereof; Fig. 3, a

similar View at right angles to Fig. 2 with the cap j omitted; Fig. 4,an end View of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 a detail longitudinal section showin gthe fuse-tube and propelling mechanism.

The letter a represents a tubular case made, preferably, of twoconnected sections, as shown, and formed with two longitudinal tubes a dof which one is adapted for the reception of a tape 12, carrying thepercussioncaps, and the other is adapted for the reception of the taperor fuse c.

The rear end of the case a is open and telescopes a spring-cap d, towhich is attached one end of a plunger 65, moving within a tubular guide61 The free end of plunger cl terminates in a spring-finger d adapted toengage and feed the fuse c. A laterally-projecting arm (1 of plunger dbears against the rear end of a disconnected slide e. This slideterminates in a spring-finger e, that engages and is adapted to feed thepercussion-tape b. The slide 6 is provided with an outwardlyprojectingstop 6 that moves in a slot f of a tubular guide f, which engages theslide. The percussion-tape Z) is furthermore engaged by two (more orless) firing-pins 9 that friction against the percussion-caps with whichthe tape is provided. A fixed finger h prevents back motion of fuse c,and a similar fixed finger i prevents back motion of the percussion-tapeb.

the latter will thus friction against the firingpins g, that will ignitethe tape 1), which in turn ignites the fuse o. The forward motion of theplunger d will have thrown the slide e forward, but the backward motionof the plunger will not be imparted to the slide, because the slide andplunger are disconnected. Consequently when the spring-cap d is nowfurther manipulated to reciprocate plunger (1 the fuse will be fedforward while the percussion-tape will remain stationary. In this waythe fuse can be played out to any suitable extent, so that it may remainignited for any desired length of time. If the fuse is to beextinguished, the cap j is projected over the tube ato cut off thesupply of air and simultaneously to push the slide e backward by meansof the engagement between the cap j and the stop (2 Thus the slide isagain brought into contact with the arm d of the plunger d and the partsare in proper operative position for the next ignition of the fuse.

What I claim is 1. A lighting implement composed of a case, afiring-pin, a plunger for feeding the fuse, and an independently-movableslide operated by the plunger and adapted to feed the percussion-tape,substantially as specified.

2. The combination in alightingimplement of a case having a pair offeed-tubes, with a firing-pin, a spring-plunger for feeding the fuse, anindependently-movable slide having a stop and adapted to be engaged bythe plunger, and with a cap adapted to engagethe stop, substantially asspecified.

ROBERT F. COOKE.

lVitnesses:

WILLIAM SoHULz, FREDERICK SEIBEL.

